There comes a point in everyone’s life when you just have to stop refilling plastic bottles with water and move onto something else. After going from plastic bottles to half-litre aluminium ones, the next step was to get a stainless steel one. For some reason most stainless steel bottles I found on search engines seemed … [Read more…]

I first saw the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch advertised last year, but at the time I wasn’t in the UK so I couldn’t take part. However, this year I made sure to get myself some suet balls and put them in the birdfeeder, and sit there for an hour sipping on a nice cup of … [Read more…]

Our relationship with the environment in the world is complex, and as such, eco-friendly, crunchy, hippies, whatever you want to call them, can come in all shapes and sizes. Perhaps the one thing that most of them have in common is that they are frowned upon by many other people, and quite often labelled obsessive. … [Read more…]

For some time a “citizens platform” called lobo Marley has been fighting for the protection of the wolf in the Sierra de la Culebra, in the Spanish region of Castilla y León. Their proposals are to promote a sustainable development of the region without compromising the already dwindling population of this species in Spain. In … [Read more…]

Remember the saying… “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. I’m pretty sure it’s not the case any longer. I came across this video on facebook where you can see a guy scraping an apple, which everyone knows is covered with wax. I had already started peeling my apples because I saw something about … [Read more…]

Here I go, my first collaboration with Random Greeny Ramblings, a wonderful website devoted to spread experiences, initiatives and news, that herald a new time when People and Nature can live together. My nick, Aogitsune, is a hint in more than one sense. First of all is a Japanese compound of the words ‘aoi’ and … [Read more…]

For months (years?) I have been thinking about trying coconut oil pulling for oral health. I have always hated coconut, but I have red so many things about what it does for your oral health that I figured it’s worth a try. So after much pondering over it, and reading endless blog posts about it … [Read more…]

Five months after a major crowdfunding victory for the same purpose a bike lane paved with solar panels was officially opened in the Dutch province of Nord-Holland. I personally find it hard to believe it actually happened, so I hope it’s a great success and continues to spread. The idea that all the heat from … [Read more…]

I originally bought this pack of three People towels over a year ago, when ordering Onya drinking bottles from onyabags.co.uk. At the time I realised it was one of my most useless purchases, just because I never really find myself in situations where I would need to use it. I am one of those people … [Read more…]

Ever had your phone give up the ghost just after the warranty period is over? Although some people think it’s just down to luck, an increasing number of us believe it’s all part of the company’s cunning plan to make us replace it, also known as planned obsolescence. Over the last few days I have … [Read more…]